Time-lock means



July 5,1927. 1,634,928

w. T. BENHAM ET AL TIME LOCK MEANS Filed May 1924 '3 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 5,1927. 1,634,928

- r W. T. BENHAM ET AL TIME LOCK MEANS F d May 16, 1924 SSheets-Sheet 3 v INVENTOR-S.

Patented July 5, 1 927.

UNI ED STATES N FFlCEg.

WILLIAMT. isnNHA-M, or Nonwoon, AND JOHN E. nwYna, on CINCINNATI, 01110, As-

SIGNORS TO THE HALLssAFE COMPANY, on CINCINNATI, OHIO, A ConronA'rIoN OF OHIO.

Application filed May 16,

This invention relates to locking means employableinsa'l es, the term safesincluding vaults and thelike, and relates especially to such locking means inconnection with time mechanism.

It is the object of the invention to provide novel means for connecting the time mechanism with the bolt mechanism for locking. the safe, arranged in such manner thatthe time mechanism. is relieved from stresses of felonious attempts of operation of the bolt-works; further, to provide means whereby the time mechanism is separated from thebolti mechanism and the-obstructing neans for the latter, to remove the time mechanism. from the shocks and jars incident to felonious attempts to manipulate the bolt. mechanism and, further to provide novel arrangements of obstructing means for the bolt mechanism controlled by the time mechanism, and rigid mounting means on the door-structure for the same. i

The invention will be further readily and understood from the. following description and claims, and from .thedrawings, in which latter c Fig.v 1 is azrear elevation of an exempli fication of the invention, with the safe-door and the door of the -time-casing partly broken away; and illustrating the device in relation ready for lockingthe door. i Fig.2. is. a similar. view oitthe same, part- 1y broken away,showing the bolt obstructin means in obstructing relation with the boltin loeked relation; 1 A I Fig. 3 is a: sectional detail of the obstructing bar and bolt taken on the line 83 of Fig..6.. V

Fig. 4: is a vertical cross-section of the de-. vice, taken on the irregular line 4ll of Fig. 1. V t

Fig; 5 is a horizontal cross-section of the same. taken on the line 5*5 ofFig; 2.

,Fig. 6 is a horizontal cross-section of the same, taken on the line 65 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a horizontalcross-section of a safe-door and the wall of the door opening of a safe partly broken away, .havinga device of the present invention applied thereto; and,

TIM-E -LOCK MEANS;

1824. SerialNo; 713,769.

Fig. 8 is a cross-section ofa detail, taken on the line 88 of Fig. 4, showing the cush- 7 ion mounting for the-time-Cl00k casing.

It has been the usual practice heretofore, in

fore, therefore provided a comparatively frail mounting for these obstructing means, rendering distortion or displacement of the same their mounting and the casing readily'possi'ble, and subjecting the time devices and the casing to the direct shocks-and jars of the bolt-works rendering the time devices; their casing andzthe obstructing means readily shiftable. Derangements of the obstructing, means. of the time. devices and their casing, have taken place by burglayrious-manipulations ofthebolt-worlts-, as by blows upon the handle of the bolt-works, at-

tempts at manipulation of the handle by the aiiirnng of long bars orlevers thereto, pounding the axially movable bolt against thein- I terfcring partin the time-clock casing, and in other manners. resulting in shocks and jars 'upon the obstructing means, the time devices and their casingso that the mounting oiftheobstructing means the time devices and the time casing have been warped and bent sufliciently to. permit the burglarious operation oi": the bolt-works to openthe safe-door; V

It is the object of therefore, to provide obstructing means for the bolt-works and to so arrange and mount the same that blows and jars thereon by the bolt-works are resisted by strong members securely placed in direct relation to the door to remove resisting connection from the time devicesand the mountingsof the lat 'ter and to so arrange the parts that the sole operative connection between'th'e time devices and the obstructing member is the holding r latching means which supports the obstructing member in obstructing rela tion and to so arrange the parts that blows the present invention,

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und jars 011 the obstructing lllllllllll :ii'e hut detrimenlully wunuuuiv: led in :uu'h huhliugg' menus. lhe timing devivw e1 lhe busing.

The iuveni'iun is i xeiuiilil'ied iii muinveiiuu with an axially nim'ziblu bull; whihh may be :1 part iii? any miluble lmlh-wnz'hs having bolts movable in une U1 n plurality nl' Lllltk. liens. and n'nvided in auilziblv iuunbvi' mid muuuled in Hill 'uble unnuiei, hn' hm-min proper boiling; ineunu hi1" {he dzim' and 110 door and [he hellawndm may bv n1 :iu suitable l'm'iui illlilllfltllltlll :nu'l vuhsili'uc'limL It is in be understand that the/ term sulfa as employed in he dem-riplien Hill elniins includes s: l e units and the like: further that the deer nuiy be suitably mounted with relation to the body of the safe either upon :i hin l'e e1- hinges (TV in other nninnei' 10 P01- 1uit the iiuiveinel'il; oi" the deer away from its elesingg pnsilien with relation to tha door Training of the mile, and that the ante may be :1 lii'eqneui' f4? i'e m' :i bui'gln1'-- n'nnl 5:1 lt'e 01' have lii'e-pi'iiniiin mlunrglur-prueling [)lTIPQlllUH; that the body of the El: Fe may be of suitable sli'ui'lure and have Pilllll' builtup walls 01' '\\':lll:- ml i'viiil'ei'eeil (7011(1'Ul'0 aind sheet metal, in the lm'in (ii? a fixed mile sometimes termed vaults or milemulls, ()l. of other suitable slrueturei :u; :1 me 'uble safe, and that thebedy of the sale may be built up 01' integral. of one piece Ul casting, and that the joint, between the deer and the doonjaunh 01' wall of the doonopening: may be of suitable mua nul material, cons'li'uclien and form.

The structures: dcseril'icd are presented as exempliiicntiens 0i (llFll'Cfl structures :il though it is obvious that changes may be made in the same and in their relations and parts without departing; :lt'i'nni our invention within the scope of the language (if the :1 pended claims.

The wall of the door-opening el the sale, which may be of any imml enmti'uetion, is exemplified partly broken away at ll. A door, which ma him be of any llf-lllll c0usti'nctinu, is exemplified 'iinitl i hi'nheh away at '12. The deer may win n'isie lznninnled steelplateu l3, inv 2L shell ll, lill'illlfi an edge wall '15 which Furmumls the deer, connected as :1 i'igrid ril'i'uctin'e. The deer is snilubl v hinged mid :u'iung eil to be l'ei-eived in the door-openiug 1G, for closing: the mine. and to he looked in. elused position by suitable belt-mu'le opei'able in usual and suitable manner one of the bolts heiii GXOlllplli'lifl ul. 1?. slidnble in :in lune].- shocl flange 18 and an miter steel hinge '19 which are arranged about the margin of the deer. The bolts are in? illlglil'l to be I(((l\'0(l in uitzihle helm or behind Sllll'illjilfi lUCl-Tliif lzirrew .20 at the walls of the loer-epeiiiue I'm lfli'lillll); the safe in usual manner. llhme is a suitable joint, shown an :i SlClflJQLl joint 21., liGll'iQfl"! the door and wall of the d00r-0pe11ing The hr lt-wnr|es may in the present exem- |)llill'2 lien. bi nrrznigwl in be locked in :auilr :ible manner by :l smiltziblu combination leek Qlh w Ullltl' dzi lhl'lillltl' :lwiev, the locking bin- 01 lllllilllll' elf ii'hieh lh :ii. ang ed to be iuuwd inle uud hut ul ()livdl'llfliiillllf relation with the ll1)ll -\'i()ll(t-i in any usual manner, for lei-hing; ei' uiibir-hingg; the su'liwduer, the i'uhiluhle heiid ill; ulfii'he diul nieehuuimn J Hill)? hillside oi the dnin', connecting with lhe eninhinutiun luck :ii the inside oi? the duin' by 1210mm e! u lii-illlll FiliLlll 52S.

'l luy lK)li--\\'( l'l:% may, in the present exemiliiivzil'inni be imnii iuhiled ilOlTl the outside oil the deer by :i sniluble hundle 2!) ill; the outside hi th s damn which is: operatively eoniieelml with the bull? iulii-liunisnn ut the inside m the deer stein Zlil zine. :n'n'i. 31 having liuli-ennnw'l'inii 323 with the llOllZJYOlliS.

ln 'Olfllfil' 'l'u (Ulll'liil the belt-works, suit :ible liine lillilltllllflll ll? n'i'ivided, which. may he iii? em usual 01' hliliinnjv construction. 'ind umniu'ine ll whim elf t me-clocks Z36, i'hs ioel'ii'i-l n'iii'idvd with i'etutuble dials 3?, having gradual imn: (if hniii's tllei'emn 'ioi' inlziueei heveill'y-lwe hnuifw. depeiulent (in the uunihev ml hunts 'l'ni' whieh the time mechanimn iii in govern.

The dials ui'e ii-nvidml. with hunch-nut pins: 235%. illlllllljfi ll in in? upuu arms 39, -01? zi s=lide-bzii lh slidublo iii the time sing ll-1, (:i' sell mist lllllfi z in which the putts are iimuial'od. lh viiiii is; miulilly elesvd by :1 hinged demr i721, leiill by :1 suitable lieyleek, :uid hui'iiig ll ti'zi isspuient lens 54 therein iln-engrh whieh the clocks may be viewed.

The slide-bini guided by the wills 0i h Fl if in lhe slide-hm: und screws 43, the MIfGWfi being; SilUlllllll--F ('IOWF leerited between the hills of the f lOlS and extending through the HlUl'S and thi'midml into the casing the ends: ml the slots limiting: the movements of the iill. The bar silidefi between the h inds oi. the RQUPEWS and the lmi'ing fl-fl: in the missing.

The end of l pin ill contacts in end Wall in the casing, 11 bezn'in z '11? on the slide-hm lt i'el'reived ulimut the pin. mid has a bore in is: lnmitcd between the. end of the here and it eelhn' ll) on the pin, for nei'umll i' urging! the slide-bar in one direction. to uni-mull urge the fll'mfi thereon towuid lhe lnuielpeut pins: nl the eleclemnvein nls. A threaded plug; closes the here.

The wave ill tinuz-i'lnelw ()})"l?l'( iinle iendentl n'i one ikllfllllfil S0 thrl any one 0'! the lcnnelc-hut pins: may muni iulnle l e bum in ni-di'i 'lhzi'l'be huz' 1112i}; be eperzillvi Men ii? only one of the, tiinewlnnlm remains o m-w tive.

presentinstance, by

having: its support andmovemen-t upon \the safe-door, so that shocks and L 'j are thereon may be .resistedby 'the safe-door, and the time-mechanismbe: relieved frome such shocks and 1 are and the incident detrimental effects therefrom i In practice the tiine-inechanisinand the.

being so mounted that the safe-door resists such movements without the intervention of the time-mechanism and its fcasing The time-casing is preferablymounted on the safe door in-suchmanner'as'to be cushioned from the sai'eedoo-r,.efitected, -in the rubber-washers 51, which-are received about the-sorews-5z2 re ceived through the back wall of the casing and into the safe-door: for" cushioningly holding, the casingto the safe dooizu The bo-lt obstructing; nieansa 'rc'rzeinplifieduas a heavy: obstruotingaban pivoted direct tothe heavystructureo't thevsafedoor, as ona shoul-der bolt 56-, threaded into the rearplate 57 0f t-hestructureiof the safe door. This rearplate maybe balance of the structure-dot"the saffe-d-o'oi by means of bolts 58 passing: through: the rear plate and pillow-blocks 59 andt'h i eaded into the-1 balance of. the. door-structure; thereby forming a space 60 inwhiclrusual connectbars for the?bOillE-WOIkS HlEtY operate, not s'hown because; well-known. Rigid and massive mountingmeans for the obstructing-bar are thus provided, asmaybe seen by a comparison. of theiheavydoOr-strueture with the frailxtimecasing exemplified in heobstructing-bar may: bepivioted" between 'washers 61, 62-, about :its pivot-bolt. It isshown guided. in-1 lot 63 formedsbya a strap 64 received about" the: swinging. end of the bar and secured fto the: sa-fesdoor-by screws 65-. Y g e r I f The bolt 17 is shown p rovided iwith an end slot- 67 inline with a slot 68 in; the: lower wall of theboltguthewalls of theslots serv ingasguides for the'swinging end or the bar, andthe end oiithe-sslot.6? formingan abutment 69 for; the end oi the obstructing bar. 70 to accoi'nmodate the "bolt; v

A; lever 71 'is-pi'voted; t0.,tl1e -bar on a shoulder-screw 72; the threaded end of which is threadedintoi the bar. Means'are providedfor normally placing, the lever and the bar incoactive relation, exemplified as-aparallel relation;

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The platel'57 is provided.,with1a: slot screw 72: passes, the ends of the- Wire composing'the spring being bent in opposite directions,- one of, said ends being received in a "Ihole75 in the bar and theother end being received inthe hole 7 6 in the lever, fornormally urging the bar and lever in opposite directions, preferably in a scissorshke movement. A pin 78 is arranged to be received in a recess 79 in the lever, and serves as a stop to hunt moven'ient between the bar and the; lever urged by thesprmg.

i A- pull-pin 81 has axial movement in a bearing 82 on the lever, the end of the pull- PIILIbGlHg received in a hole 83 in the bar,

a-shoulder S t on the pull-pin limiting the inward movement of the pin. A spring 85 between the shoulder and the levernormally urges the pull-pin toward the hole. The p ull-pin is provided itha handle 86.

v The lever is provided with a latch-lug 91, which is arranged to react with the latch 92. extending. from the slide-bar 20, and shown as a hook on a depending arm 93, which ext-ends from the slide-bar in'theinside of the time casing ll-through a slot 94 in the lewerwall 95 of said time casing, the

hook of the latch being shown outside the time casing in position forcoactionwith the latch-lug 2011 the lGVQR l Inemployhig my improved device, and assuming that the safe is open, the timeclocks' are set forthe number oi hours' duringwhich the safe is'to' be locked, the setting-being indicated bythe relation of the graduat ons of the dial and the hand 96 of the respective clocks. It is QSSLUHBQlt-liflt the obstructing bar is in release position, its

swingingend being at downward limit 0f% -n1OVel11Gni/,u;i1l thebolt-li' in withdrawn or unlocked relation, extending above the outer end of thebar, as shown in Fig. l, but

with the lever 'l parallelwith the bar. with the pin 81; in the hole 83.

The pull-p n then; pulled outwardly by means of its handle'f85, and the lever '71 is raised tocausdthe latch-lug 91 thereon to 4.8, the spring retracting. the-,slide-bai" for movement 01' the latch thereonunder the i latch-lug. 3 i o In. thisrelation' ol' the parts the spring 7 3 iindertension to urge vthe 'b'ar 55 into obstructing relation with the bolt 17, re-

sisted by the fact that the bolt positional'iove the outer end of t-hebar.

Thesafe dooris now'closed, and the boltworks thereon thrownto lock the door by the usual handle 29 oiithelouter face of the, door., The locking movement of" the bolt-works causes the bolt 17 to move out is in retracted tin till

ot obstructing relation with the obstructing bar 55. whereby the obstructing bar is caused to move, by the action of the spring 73 thereoin into obstructing rclation with the bolt, as shown in Fig. 2. The pull-pin 81 thereby slips into the hole 83 tor connecting: the lever and the obstructing bar.

\ihen the time for which the tiniwelocks have been set has expired. the knock-out pins on the dials ot' the time-clocks have engaged the lugs on the lt'noeleout bar and moved the knocleout bar lengthwise, causing the latch 92 thereon to move out 0t range with the ltlt't'll-lllg 91. whereupon the latch-lug is released, and the lever '4' l and the obstructinn' bar connected therewith swing on the pivot oi": the obstructing haiz so as to arrange the outer end ot th obstructing bar into release position with relation to the bolt 17. The bolt-works may now be moved to unlock the safe-door.

In case the safe or the door or the boltworlts are subjected to any shocks or jars, such shocks or ars and the stresses incident thereto are resisted by the massive structure oi the obstructingr bar. the massive mountin thereof direct on the safe-door, and a to not directed upon the time-mechanism or the tinie-casin; or the mounting thereof, so as to avoid derangement in the timeclock mechanism and its mounting.

The casing: in which the time-mechanism is located is cushioned with relation to the door by the cushion washers 51. In the present exemplification, the sole operative connection between the time mechanism and the obstructing means for the bolt-works consists of latching means between the controlled part of the time-mechanism and the obstructing means, the construction and arrangrement of the parts being: such that shocks, jolts or jars to which the obstructing mechanism may be subjected are not detrimentally connnnnicated to the latching means or time-mechanism.

IIaving' thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In time lock means of the character described the combination ot a satc-door, a limeclocl means comprising a casing mounted on said safe-door. latching means controlled by the latter, bolt-works "tor locking: said sate-door, said sate-door comprising: an inner plate as an integral part of said satedoor and independent of said time-clock casing, and obstructing means tor said boltworks, said obstructing means mounted on said inner plate of said sate-door independent of said casing in manner that said timecloclc casing is relieved from stresses produced on said obstructing means by said boltavorks and said stresses are con'nnunicated directly to said safe-door, and said latching means arranged for operative c011- nection with said obstructing means.

52. In time lock means of the charzmter described. the combination of a suite-door, bolt works therefor, means at the outside. of .-aid sal e door for operating said bolt-works, a time-cloch means including a casing mounted on said sate-doom latching means eontrolled by the latter. obstructing means tor said bolt-works. said latching means arranged tor operative connection with said ol'istructingr means. and means for mounting said obstructing means independent: of said time-clock casing on the structure ot said sate-door, whereby the structure at said sate-door directly recei res the shocks ot resistances of said ol'istructi11g means to move ments of said bolt-works, and whereby said time-cinch means and said casing thereof are relieved from said shocks.

3. In time 1ock means of the character de scribed the combination of a sate-door comprising laminated steel plates including an inner plate. bolt-works for said sate-door, a time-clock means, means or cushioningrly mounting said time-clock means on said satcdoor, an obstructing part for the boltrworks, means for tirmly mounting said obstructing part directly on said inner plate of the structure of said door in manner to cause the sate-door to directly receive the shocks of resistances by said obstructingpart and to relieve said time-clock means from said shocks, holding means for said obstructing part, and control means for the latter having operative connection with said time-clock means.

at. In time lock means for a safe-door, the combination with the sate-door, oil bolt works thereon, operating means outside said .sat'e-door for operating said bOlt-WOI'hS,

time-clocks thereim control means operated by the ltltttt. an obstructing part outside said casing for said bolt-works, a rigid mounting therefor on said sate door, a lever pivoted to said. obstructing part, latching means between said love and said control means, and resilient means between said lever and said obstructingpart, constructed and arranged whereby to permit latching of said obstructing part to said latching means during unlocked positions of the bolts of said bolt-works and 'lor automatically moving said obstructing part into obstructing relation with said bolt- WOI'liS upon manipulation of said operating; means outside said sat'e-door tor locked positions of the bolts of said bolt-works.

5. In time lock means for a saiedoon the combination 0t bolt-worlts on the sate-door, a time-clock casino: on the Stlf0-(il0t)l, timeclocks therefor in said casing, control means controlled by the latter, an obstructing bar for the bolt-works, a rigid mounting therefor on said safe-door, said bolt-works coma time-clock casin prising a member provided with a cross-slot and a lengthwise slot merging into each other in which the outer end of said 010-- structing bar is arranged to move, a lever pivoted to said obstructing bar, latching means between said control means and said lever, releasable connecting means between said lever and said obstructing bar, and spring means between said lever and said bar normally urging engagement in said 10 In testimony whereof, we have hereunto 15 signed our names.

WILLIAM T. BENHAM. JOHN E. DWYER. 

